Ulster-Scots
Negative Waves is proud to have created a number of projects funded by the
Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund at Northern Ireland Screen.
THRAN
The Ulster-Scots Podcast
'Thran - The Podcast' invites listeners on a journey into Ulster-Scots culture through 12 insightful episodes. Led by Liam Logan and the Negative Waves team, the podcast travels throughout Northern Ireland, engaging with authors, poets, and enthusiasts. From renowned Ulster-Scots poets like Charlie Gillen to newcomers like University student Adelaide Mensah from Ghana, the interviews offer diverse perspectives about Ulster-Scots Language, Heritage and Culture. Each episode also features poetry and an Ulster-Scots word of the podcast.
Each monthly episode will be available on Spotify and will be broadcast throughout the Ballymoney area on fUSe FM on 107.5 FM and online via the TuneIn app
Than was created in collaboration with the Somme Association and fUSe FM in Ballymoney and funded by the Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund at Northern Ireland Screen.
Ulster-Scots in VR
Best viewed in a VR headset, Negative Waves has produced a collection of 360 degrees Ulster-Scots Experiences, themed around the River Bush, Peat Cutting, the Glens of Antrim and the music of Scad The Beggars including a track from the Sam Henry Collection.
If you own a VR headset, then you can search 'Ulster-Scots in VR' in the YouTube app or go to the following link, or high-res files are available to download on request.
Headsets are also available at the Ulster-Scots Community Network, Armoy Community Association, the Schomberg Society, Maine Ulster-Scot Project and the Ulster-Scots of Colorado.
If your community group or organisation is interested in Negative Waves bringing our VR headset to your group, then contact us.
Charlie Gillen
Poetry
Dramatisations
Featuring the poetry of the renowned Dervock based Ulster-Scots poet Charlie Gillen, this project aimed to create a series of cinematic short films to complement the poems. Films in this series have won a number of awards and have been shown in festivals across Ireland, America and mainland Europe.
Charlie Gillen Poetry Dramatisations
Charlie Gillen Poetry Dramatisations
Oot Here Mae Lane
Scartin Midges
Grief
On Coul Blak Stayne
At the Foot of Knocklayde
(Shorts)
At The Foot of Knocklayde is a series of four short films focusing on authentic Ulster-Scots speakers from North Antrim. With the backdrop of the beautiful rural scenery of the Knocklayde mountain, each film shows a slice of rural life such as horse ploughing, sheep farming and how an Armoy summer scheme is helping preserve Ulster-Scots history, traditions and language for local children to enjoy.
At The Foot Of Knocklayde (Shorts)
Knocklayde Shorts - ‘Keep a calm sugh laik a pig a ringin’
Knocklayde Shorts - ‘A neb on ye laik the cooter o a ploo’
Knocklayde Shorts - ‘There's Nay Footerin Aboot on the Ferm’
Knocklayde Shorts - ‘Ye need the help o the oul yins’
Parin the Scra
Ganshes and Good Yins
The Stiffy Lifters
Ye Wouldnae be here if ye didnae
Sookin Straight Frae The Worm
There’s naw yin hallion in the Armoy tank batallion
At The Foot of Knocklayde
